Folk Revival Listening Mix 1

digitizing folk music history seminar, 2011.

John Henry Statue
  • Woody Guthrie, Do-Re-Mi (date unknown, circa 1940)
  • Leadbelly, Alberta (1935)
  • Almanac Singers, Round and Round Hitler’s Grave (1941)
  • The Weavers, Wimoweh (1952)
  • The Weavers, Wimoweh, Live at Carnegie Hall (1957)
  • The John Henry Variations:
  • Alan Lomax with Prisoners, John Henry (circa 1959)
  • Ed Lewis, John Henry (circa 1959)
  • Leadbelly, John Henry (1948)
  • Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, John Henry (The Steel Drivin’ Man) (1926)
  • Aaron Copeland, John Henry (1939)
  • Golden Gate Quartet and Josh White, John Henry (1940)
  • Paul Robeson, John Henry (date unknown, circa 1940?)
  • Bill Monroe, New John Henry (1954)
  • Odetta, John Henry, The Tin Angel (1954)
  • Richard Dyer-Bennett, John Henry (date unknown, circa 1955)
  • John Jacob Niles, John Henry (1958)
  • Lilly Brothers, John Henry (1959)
  • Harry Belafonte, John Henry, Live at Carnegie Hall (1959)
  • Bob Gibson, John Henry, Yes I See (1961)
  • Bruce Springsteen, John Henry, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)

To be continued…

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